精神分裂

Chinese

		spirit; soul; will spirit; soul; will; mind; mental state	to break; to split; fission
trad. (精神分裂)		精神	分裂
simp. #(精神分裂)		精神	分裂

Etymology

Calque of the Ancient Greek roots σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) and φρήν (phrḗn, “mind, heart, diaphragm”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngshén fēnliè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕㄣˊ ㄈㄣ ㄌㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ san⁴ fan¹ lit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngshén fēnliè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕㄣˊ ㄈㄣ ㄌㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingshén fenliè
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-shên² fên¹-lieh⁴
    • Yale: jīng-shén fēn-lyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingshern fenlieh
    • Palladius: цзиншэнь фэньле (czinšɛnʹ fɛnʹle)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂən³⁵ fən⁵⁵ li̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ san⁴ fan¹ lit⁶
    • Yale: jīng sàhn fān liht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ san⁴ fan¹ lit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ sen⁴ fen¹ lid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ sɐn²¹ fɐn⁵⁵ liːt̚²/

Noun

精神分裂

1. (pathology, dated in Taiwan) (～症, ～病) schizophrenia

   Synonym: 思覺失調症／思觉失调症 (sījué shītiáo zhèng) (Taiwan)

2. (pathology, dated) psychosis

   Synonyms: 精神錯亂／精神错乱 (jīngshén cuòluàn) (Mainland), 思覺失調／思觉失调 (sījué shītiáo) (Hong Kong, Taiwan)

3. (informal, proscribed) dissociative identity disorder

   Synonym: 人格分裂 (réngé fēnliè)

   1. (informal, derogatory) a person who has doublethink

Synonyms

• ("multiple personalities" and related senses): 精分 (jīngfēn)

Verb

精神分裂

1. (informal) to be psychotic or schizophrenic
2. (informal) to have multiple personalities
   1. to play multiple roles (of an actor)
   2. (derogatory) to have doublethink; to hold self-contradictory opinions